Machine Learning Engineer and Computer Visions Engineer, Vision Products Group

Summary

Join our machine learning team at Apple to develop computer vision and localization technologies that help devices understand their place in the world. We're seeking a talented Machine Learning Engineer who excels at transforming research innovations into production-ready solutions, tackling the full spectrum from training large-scale models to optimizing them for real-time, on-device performance. If you're passionate about solving hard problems in spatial intelligence—from challenging real-world environments to privacy-preserving design—this is your opportunity to create experiences that millions of people use every day

Description

As a Machine Learning Engineer on our team, you'll design and implement advanced computer vision solutions that run efficiently on-device, ensuring exceptional performance while respecting user privacy. You'll work across the complete ML lifecycle—from building robust data pipelines and training deep learning models on distributed clusters to optimizing them for Apple's Neural Engine and deploying in production systems. Your work will span critical areas including localization and spatial understanding, where you'll develop systems that enable devices to perceive their position and navigate the world with precision. Your role will bridge cutting-edge research and practical engineering, requiring you to balance innovation with the real-world constraints of shipping products at scale—whether that's ensuring localization works reliably in challenging environments, handling edge cases in visual recognition, or optimizing models to run in real-time on device. Collaborating with world-class researchers, software engineers, and product teams, you'll tackle challenging problems in visual understanding, from place recognition and scene reconstruction to temporal reasoning and multi-sensor fusion. This position offers the unique opportunity to push the boundaries of on-device machine learning, creating spatial intelligence experiences that are not only accurate and responsive but also seamlessly integrated into products that millions of people use every day.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience developing on macOS and iOS platforms
Familiarity with Apple's internal ML/CV frameworks and tools
Experience with distributed training on clusters and multi-GPU systems
Knowledge of Apple Neural Engine optimization techniques
Experience with temporal/sequential neural network architectures (RNNs, LSTMs, Transformers for video/time-series data)
Proficiency with CMake and Xcode build systems

Minimum Qualifications

M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, or related field; or equivalent practical experience with a proven track record of shipping products leveraging state-of-the-art Computer Vision and Machine Learning technologies
3+ years of professional software development experience with demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality, production-ready code
Expert-level proficiency in Python and C/C++
Strong software design, problem-solving, and debugging capabilities
Hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, PyTorch Lightning)
Solid background with Computer Vision libraries and frameworks (OpenCV, etc.)
Experience training and optimizing machine learning models for computer vision applications
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with ability to work effectively in team environments; self-motivated and quick to adapt to new technologies
Familiarity with Gen AI coding tools. Demonstrated ability to use them for design, code generation, and debugging